The Legacy of Second-Wave Feminism in American Politics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maxwell, Angie (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shields, Todd (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Identity politics.; Women.; Feminist theory.; Politics and Gender.; Women's Studies.; Feminism.

This book chronicles the influence of second wave feminism on everything from electoral politics to LGBTQ rights. The original descriptions of second wave feminism focused on elite, white voices, obscuring the accomplishments of many activists, as third wave feminists rightly criticized. Those limit...